How to request a new Lender to the SportsFi Lender Panel
How to request a new Lender to the Lender Panel
In SportsFi,
the lender panel is the curated group of prequalified Financiers that
SportsFi connects clubs/GPs to through a single digital process. It exists so
you get fast, competitive access to suitable lenders without brokers, one-off
introductions, or multiple separate applications.
What “the
panel” is
- A set of preapproved, sports savvy lenders (banks, funds, specialist financiers) that SportsFi has onboarded to receive and respond to Finance Requests.
- These Financiers agree to work via SportsFi’s data rails and workflows, so they can price and structure deals efficiently and consistently for clubs and athletes.
Why
lenders are in the panel
- To ensure relevance and quality: panel lenders are selected for fit with sports finance (transfer funding, receivables, working capital, etc.), so your requests do not go to random generalist desks.
- To protect security and confidentiality: SportsFi runs an enterprise grade, ISOaligned platform so panel lenders can rely on secure data sharing instead of ad hoc email file swaps.
- To enable competitive bidding: by having multiple suitable lenders on panel, SportsFi can show you several Finance Offers against a single Finance Request, helping reduce both interest and fee costs.
How it
works for a club/GP
- You submit one Finance Request (your finance application) through SportsFi, using the Bidding Room and your existing deal/financial data.
- SportsFi matches that request to panel lenders whose mandates fit, then those lenders respond with Finance Offers you can then compare and negotiate in platform.
How to
request a new lender
If there is
a specific lender you want who is not yet on the panel:
- You can raise this with SportsFi. During the application, on the SportsFi panel of funders selection page there is a link to click to Invite a new lender
- Select this, fill out the form and we will take care of the rest!
- SportsFi’s team can then explore onboarding or connecting that lender to the platform’s data rails, so future Finance Requests can include them alongside existing panel lenders.
In practice,
the panel is there so you do not have to build and manage your own
lender network; you focus on one clean application, and SportsFi plus its panel
handle the reach, competition, and workflow
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